1 Kings 22:9,10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

Hasten hither Micaiah It seems he had imprisoned him; for, 1 Kings 22:26, he bids the officer carry him back, namely, to the place where he was before. Probably this was he that had reproved him for letting Ben-hadad go, 1 Kings 20:42: and for that, had lain in prison three years. But this did not make him less confident, or less faithful in delivering his message. Having put on their robes Their royal robes and ensigns of majesty. In a void place In the place of judicature, which was in or nigh the gate of the city, and in the front of some void place, where either people stood to hear and see justice administered, or soldiers were placed for the defence of the city in time of war. And all the prophets prophesied before them Continued to encourage them in their design; all agreeing, to a man, in the same fawning compliances with Ahab, and the same treacherous counsels, which pleased and tickled, for the present, but proved fatal in the end.

1 Kings 22:9-10

9 Then the king of Israel called an officer,b and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah.

10 And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them.